Type or matrix.



A. W. P. GUEST.

TYPE 0R MATRIX.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. 1914. 1,126,196, Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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T 0 all whom it may concern Be it knownthat ll, ALFRED W. F. GUEST,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and vmachines of this class, the matrices are stored in a magazine, are released therefrom by the manipulation of the keyboard mechanism, are assembled, in line and then premanner well understood in the art,

sented to a mold, whereinthe slug or lino- After this, the matrices are magazine type is cast.

rail or bar until they reach the proper magazine channels, into which they drop in the It sometimes happens that a matrix-willnot drop directlythereinto, is displaced or tilted to such an extent that it is caught and held, ordinarily in the channel entrance. This tilting or failure of the matrices to drop directly iscaused in several ways, butchiefly by the fact that just at the moment they are released from the grooves of the distributer rail, there is a tendency for them to pivot or swing about their supporting teeth, and this tendency is emphasized and increased in the case of the thicker matrices, whose teeth are located at one side thereof and consequently well beyond the center of gravity.-

My improvements consist specifically in the formation of the matrix with a plurality of distributing combinations, preferably arranged in different vertical planes and on opposite sides of the longitudinal median line. Not only does this construction obviate the difliculty already mentioned, but in addition it tends to insure the correct guiding and location of the matrices throughout the operation of the machine. It will of course be understood that the distributer bar, and the other elements engaged by the matrix combinations will be suitably formed apeciflcetionof Iietters Batent.

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application filed March 16, 1914. Serial Ito; 824357.

to permit the disengagement of the matrices therefrom at the proper times, and preferably sothat the several combinations will be released simultaneously at the respectively difl'erent points, thus-insuring the delivery of the matrices in straight lines to the magabe made therein, and in the mode of ap lication, which will still be comprised wit in its spirit.-' Similarly, the invention may be r adapted to typeor dies, as well as'to matrices. Generally speaking, ll desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any (ill specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified.- in the claims.

Referring-to the drawing: Figurel is a perspective view of-a matrix having my -in-' vention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a rear view of a section- 0f a distributer bar and the improved matrices coiiperating therewith; Fig. 3 is a section on the line of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section cn'thedine-H of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 illustrates a modified form of bar.

The matrix X, which is of the large or display variety, is formed with two un like sets of distributing teeth or character combinations, one X being located at the rear or following side in the ordinary manner, and the other or additional one X being located at a distance therefrom and beyond the median line of the matrix. Both combinations engage the grooved distributer be r A, the teeth X being supported by the to say, a length corresponding to the regular channeled magazine. In this instance, the two sets of teeth X and X are located with a similar interval between them, so

that they simultaneously disengage from the bar combinations A and A", and the matrices drop directly and vertically into the proper channels of the magazine entrance, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2-. -Fig. 5 illustrates a modification, wherein the matrix Yis of less thickness, and the 5 tooth combinations Y and Y are nearer each other. In this case, the distributing bar B is similarly provided with the combinations B and B'-, but the latter are cut away or formed of. less extent to correspond to the distance between the matrix combina tions Y and Y As previously stated, I have shown my invention only in preferred form and by way of example, and in a special form of application, but obviously many. modifications and alterations therein, and in its mode of adaptation, will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, without departure from its scope.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1."A type or matrix having at one end 26 two character-distributing combinations arranged in different vertical planes setwise thereof.

2. A type or matrix having two unlike character-distributing combinationsar- 30 ranged in different vertical planes setwise thereof.

3. A type or matrix having two distributing combinations arranged in different vertical planes setwise thereof.

l. A type or matrix having two distributing combinations arranged setwise on opposite sides of its longitudinal median line. 5. A type or matrix having separate and distinct means to support it at both its' 40 front and rear sides during distribution.

'6. A type or matrix formed with several sets of sustaining teetharranged in difierent vertical planes setwise thereof. v

7 Atype or matrix formed with two sets of sustaining teeth arranged setwise on opposite sides of its longitudinal median line.

'8. A type or matrix adapted to traverse a distributer bar and. to be sustained by separate and distinct means at its opposite sides and at different points in the length of the bar during its movement therealong.

9. A type or matrix formed with separate and distinct means to engage a distributer bar simultaneously at dlfi'erent points in the length thereof.

10. A type or matrix formed with separate and distinct means to engage a distributor bar at diiferent points in its length and to be released therefrom simultaneously at its difl'erentpoints' of engagement. to

11. A type or matrix having a plurality of distributing combinations to cooperate simultaneously with two or more combinations arranged at difierent oints in the length of a distributer.

12. A 'typeor matrix formed with a plurality of tooth combinations tocofiperate with two or more tooth combinations arranged at different points in the length of a distributer bar.

13. A type or matrix adapted to traverse a distributer and to be sustained by separate and distinct means at diflerent points in the length thereof during its travel.

In testimony whereof I have alfixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- ALFRED W. F. GUEST.

Witnesses Y DAVID S. KENNEDY, HAROLD A. BURT. 

